Dispensing container



R. J. BUSH. DISPENSING CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 11-1 920.

1,405,753; Patented Feb. 7, 19 2-,

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R. J. BUSH.

DISPENSING CONTAINER.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 1. 1920.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RENO J. BUSH, OF BLOOMSIBURG; PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPENSING- CONTAIN ER.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known thatI, RENO J. BUSH, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Blooms specification.

bur inthe .county'of Columbia and State of ennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements" in vDispensing Containers. of which the following is a This invention relates to a dispensing contalner for serving salted nuts, such as peanuts, almonds and the like.

pensed may be varied.

' The invention has asa still further feature the provision of means for removing and collecting surplus salt carried by the nuts.

V the parts of the device;

Still another feature of the invention resides in the manner of joining the separate sections of the container together, whereby thesections areeasily separated from one another, for purposes of cleansing.

In the drawings: I Figure 1 is a front elevation of a dispensing container constructed in accordance with the present invention;

F'Fig. 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of the container;

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the dispensing spout;

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the dispensing spout;

Fi 6 is a top plan View of one ofthe mem Jers used in forming the joint between Fig. 7 is ,a vertical section through the joint between two of the parts. In detail; V

. The invention, as herein shown, comprises a glassjar 1 having .an opening at the top thereof closed by asuitable cover 2 and an openingfat the bottom as indicatedat 3.

v The rim of the opening 3 is provided with flangesof segment form as shown at A in F ig. 6 for purposes 'to be hereinafter described. An intermediate section e and a basesection 5 are similarly provided with Specification of Letters Patent.

Application med April 1,

16 which has flanges'17 cooperating Patented Feb. 7, 1922. 1920. Serial 110 870318.

such flanges on their peripheral edges as indicated at (Sand 7 respectively.

The base 5 receives a ring 8 formed with a segmental flange 9' cooperating with the flanges 7 on the base 5 to hold the said'ring 8 thereto. The ring v8 is provided with-a wall 10. whereby the ring forms a receptacle for surplus salt as will be hereinafter described. Associated with the ring 8 and'received by flanges 11 thereof are the flanges 6 of the intermediate member 4 whichcon-. sists of a glass body 12 having the sloping perforatewall 13 which ends in a spout 15.

The intermediate body 4 carries a metal ring with the flanges 0n the opening 3 of the g ass jar 1 and it is by means of the saidflanges on the respective parts that the same are held in their assembled relation but may be easily removed by rotation relative to each other for cleansing. The end of the spout 15 may be formed. with threads or any other suitable means for securing thereto a dispensing spout'18 which comprises a body 19 of substantially cylindrical form but open at the 'endsand having a nipple 20 threaded for connection with the spout 15; an outlet nipple 21 is also provided. withinv the cylindrical body 19 is a cylin 'dric'al element 22' having openings 23 and 24 which may be'brought into registration with the end of the spout 15 or the openingof the nipple 21 at different times but never at the Disposed same time with'both openings. This cylindrical member 22 is threaded on each end to receive theend closures 24 which also form a bearing at 25 on the cylindrical member 19. Through the bosses 26 on the members 24 is 'fitt'ed' a spindle 27 which carries the disklike members 28 having bosses 29 provided with screws 30 by means of which the said disk like members 28 may be secured to the spindle 27 at different points therea-long in order to provide for varying the available capacity of the cylindrical member 22. A. U-shaped handle member 31 is provided with members 32 keyed as at 33 to the bosses 26 of the ends'24cgsaid U-shape'd handlememher is provided'with an extension 34 carrying a knob 35. The handle member 31 and the disk 24' and cylindrical member 22 are assembled with respect to each other in such manner-that when the handle member stands in the position shown in Fig. 5 the opening 24 in the cylindrical member'22 will register amount.

with the end of the spout 15 while the opening 23 will be out of registration with the nipple 21 and therefore the cylindrical member 22 between thev disks 28 will be filled with.

whatever is contained in the glass jar 1. However, on rotating the handle member 31 to the position shown in Fig. 2 the result will be that the opening 24: will be displaced ceive-exactly one pound'of some commodity such as sugar or the like within the. container 22 then a clerk selling five pounds of such commodity would only have to operate the .handle member 31 five times to know that he had dispensed five pounds of sugar, thereby making it unnecessary I to. weigh the 'In Fig. 3,. there is shown a modification of the base for the container. In this construction the base comprises a vertical arm- 36 having-the j aw member sv 37 and 38, the

.latter otwhich is provided with a thumb Screw 39 for clamping the bracket to a table. A ring like extension 40 is carried by the arm 36 and provided with an opening having flanges spacedras indicated at Arin Fig. 6. The bottom portion-of the device shown in Fig. 3 may be of glass and form a receptacle 41 with a perforate partition 42 and a spout 4.3 while the'upper portion is a glass jar 44 identical with the one shown in connection with-Figs. 1 and 2 and the dispen'sing means 45 is identical with that previously' described.

The construction herein shown is illustrated merely as a specific embodiment of a practicalform of the invention but in commercializing the same it is. to be understood that trollingdischarge at, the pointof delivery, and means, for separating excess granular substancefrom the commodities as they pass to the point of delivery. v

2. A dispensing container, comprising a reservoiija base having a discharge spout with. a perforate bottom well, said spout for receiving granular matter, and means carried by said spout for dispensing meas: ured quantities.

p i. A dispensing container comprising a reservoir, a base havinga discharge spout with a perforate bottom wall, said spout being in communication withthe interior of said reservoir, a receptacle included within the base for receiving granularmatter, and

means carriedby said spout for dispensing measured quantities. and including mechanism for varying the capacity of said means.

5. A dispensing container comprising a reservoir, a base having a discharge spout with a perforate bottom wall, said spout being in communication with the interior of said reservoir, a cylindrical end carried by said spout and having a nozzle out of alinementwith the spout body, anda movable container withinfsaid cylindrical endand having openings one registering with the 'spout'in one position of said container and.

the other registering with the nozzle for discharge in the other position of said eontainer, said base providing a receptacle for receiving granular matter.

'6. A dispensing container comprising a reservoir, a base having a discharge spout with a perforate bottom wall, said spout being in communication with the interior of said reservoir, a cylindrical end, carried by said spout and having arnozzle outfof alinement with the said spout body, a movable container within said cylindrical end and having openings one registering with the spout in one position of the-container and the other registering with thenozzle. for discharge in the other position of said container, means included within said container for varying the capacity thereof, and a receptacle included within the base and 00-- operating with said perforatebottom wall whereby granular matter is received in the said receptacle.

7. A dispensing container comprising a reservoir, a conveying: spout leading from the reservoir and provided with a cylindrical end, a discharge spout depending from-said I cylindrical end,a cylindrical member within said end and concentric therewith and having openings in its circumferential wall,

disk-like members movable toward or from' each other axially of. said cylindrical member at opposite sides of the conveying. spout to vary the, capacity of, said cylindrical member, means closing the ends ofsaid cylindrisaid cylindrical end and having1 cal member and forming stops for said disklike members, and means for rocking the cylindrical member whereby it may receive material through one of said openings from the conveying spout and subsequently discharge the material through the other openingand the discharge spout. I

8. A dispensing container comprising a reservoir, a conveying spout leadlng from the reservoir and provided with a transverse cylindrical end, a delivery spout depending therefrom, a closed cylinder rotatable within peripheral openings, a rod extending axia y' through said cylinder disks movable along said rod at opposite sides of the'conveying spout to approach or recede from each other for varying thecubical receiving area of said cylinder, and a handle member secured to said rod and to the cylinder and normally extending over the cylindrical end of the conveying spout and operable to rock the cylinder whereby the openings in the cylinder may be set to receive measured quantities of material from the conveying spout and discharge the same through t e del very s out.

In testimony whereof I a x m signature.

RENO J. BUS [L.s 

